appreciate yourself with a wonderful gift
Alleviate stress, relax,
and improve your wellbeing
Enjoy an hour of deep rest, softening your back and neck
muscles and feel refreshed and being cared for
Did you know that 90% of all diseases are stress-related?
And perhaps nothing ages us faster, internally and externally, than high stress. While eliminating anxiety and pressure altogether in this fast-paced world may be idealistic, massage can, without a doubt, help manage stress.
You receive many benefits from a massage:
. . . a massage brings you an immediate sense of feeling better and a much needed retreat from our hectic world
I incorporate different effective modalities into every treatment, always considering your wishes and what I think would work best for you:
Massage therapy is emerging as an effective modality to support as well psychological well-being. Growing evidence suggests that massage and bodywork approaches can help alleviate symptoms of psychological distress, regulate the autonomic nervous system, reduce stress hormones, and boost the production of mood-enhancing neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine. In other words, massage does not just feel good—it changes the way the brain and body communicate.
What are the benefits of these modalities?
Deep tissue and Swedish relaxation massage
Swedish massage focuses on relaxation and uses lighter strokes to relieve tension, while deep tissue massage applies more intense pressure to target deeper muscle layers and alleviate pain. Both techniques can help with muscle tension, but they serve different purposes and use different methods.
Trigger point release
Trigger points are small contracture knot in muscle tissue and they feel denser or tighter than the surrounding muscle tissue. The constant tension is the fibers of the trigger point itself restricts circulation of blood in its immediate area. The resulting accumulation of the by-products of metabolism. as well as deprivation of oxygen and nutrients needed for metabolism, can perpetuate trigger points for months or even years unless some intervention occurs! The difficulty in treating trigger points is that they typically send pain to some other site.
Myofascial release
Myofascial release therapy is a specific massage technique that focuses on relieving tightness and pain in the fascia, the connective tissue surrounding muscles. It involves applying pressure to trigger points in the fascia to help release tension and improve mobility.
Gentle mobilization inspired by the Trager Approach
The Trager Approach uses the language of touch and movement to promote sensory awareness and ease of movement. This includes gentle bouncing, stroking, elongations and a variety of small and easy body movements that are calming and pleasurable. Cumulative in nature, this work promotes ease, physical mobility, and a renewed lasting awareness of agelessness.
Application of weighted tuning forks according to Eileen McKusick
Weighted tuning forks have the power to soothe aches and pains, relieve tension, and promote faster healing. They can provide quick, natural pain relief. They also promote emotional well-being, relaxation, balance, and coherence through their specific frequency. They are an elegant and practical tool that aids as well in the healthy processing of naturally flowing emotions.
The lymphatic system is most important for your health
The lymphatic system remains the least understood by western medicine
Western medicine may not value the lymphatic system as much as it deserves. In fact it remains the least understood of our bodily systems. Ayurvedic medicine on the other side, India’s ancient medical system, considers the lymphatic fluids the “water of life”. When the body recognizes that there is bacteria within the lymph fluid, the lymph nodes begin creating more white blood cells. Because there is a higher level of production going on, the lymph nodes can swell up and sometime become painful. You might even start feeling sick but this is good news because it means that the body started its defense mechanism.
5 easy-to-do things that keep your lymphatic system happy and healthy:
The easiest way to support your best defender of good health is by drinking enough water. It is also beneficial to go regularly for a walk or hike since the contraction of the leg muscles functions like a pump that gets the lymph fluid moving. You can get yourself a small rebounder and jump on it for just 15 minutes every morning – a very efficient way to get the lymph fluids flowing. Put your legs up the wall while laying down comfortably for 10 minutes at the end of the day, specially if you have been sitting for long hours. Or, get a full-body lymphatic drainage massage from a professional therapist once every month. Your body will thank you with robust health and an allover sense of wellbeing.
What Clients Say About Their Massage Treatments
Generosity toward yourself is the best self-care! Treat yourself to a massage by an expert.
Ulrike Kuhnert, licensed massage therapist with over 20 years of work experience. Enjoy the beauty comfort of my professional, air-conditioned studio during treatment. I look forward to meeting you.